Jenson Button fastest driver on Free Practice 1
FIRST FREE PRACTICE
Jenson Button was fastest driver on first free practice session for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, followed by Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton.
Not so surprising results, but the use of experimental Pirelli soft tires will not allow to properly find out what happened in morning session.
Perhaps the most interesting moments spining of Felipe Massa and a little later runway on his teammate Fernando Alonso. Ferrari continue to test items for the new season and this is probably the cause of accidents.At the end of training Petrov went earlier in boxing, probably becouse of Renaults advanced exhaust system. The three "new" drivers on the track, 11th time for JE Vergne and R.Grosjan with 12th, 23rd time for Robert Wickens. Only driver not to set time was Barrichello due to engine problems.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m40.263s 21
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m40.389s + 0.126 26
3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m40.403s + 0.140 27
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m40.755s + 0.492 27
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m40.801s + 0.538 25
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m41.260s + 0.997 17
7. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m41.340s + 1.077 23
8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m42.130s + 1.867 26
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m42.151s + 1.888 28
10. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m42.377s + 2.114 26
11. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m42.633s + 2.370 26
12. Romain Grosjean Renault 1m42.685s + 2.422 29
13. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m43.118s + 2.855 13
14. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m43.255s + 2.992 29
15. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m43.389s + 3.126 24
16. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m44.412s + 4.149 28
17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m44.484s + 4.221 18
18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m44.565s + 4.302 27
19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m44.898s + 4.635 25
20. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m46.385s + 6.122 28
21. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m46.532s + 6.269 27
22. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m48.024s + 7.761 20
23. Robert Wickens Virgin-Cosworth 1m48.551s + 8.288 23
24. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 3
McLaren was fastest car again!!!
SECOND FREE PRACTICE
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the second practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso both crashed.Hamilton's time of 1:39.586 was just 0.199s quicker than his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button as neither suffered the fate of Vettel or Alonso who both spun off at turn one. Despite that, Alonso was third ahead of Felipe Massa in fourth, with the Red Bull pair of Mark Webber and Vettel fifth and sixth quickest as the top six were separated by less than 0.6s.
Vettel spun at turn one after putting two wheels on the kerb under braking and slid sideways in to the wall. The expansive runoff area meant he managed to slow the car a lot but was unable to prevent it from nestling in the barriers. The damage was minimal, with just a broken front wing, but his session was interrupted as he had to wait for the car to be returned before getting back out for the final ten minutes.
Alonso soon followed suit as he lost the rear of his car later in the same corner, and slid backwards in to the barrier. He was less fortunate than Vettel, as he damaged the rear of the car and broke the suspension, ending his running.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m39.586s 31
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m39.785s + 0.199 30
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m39.971s + 0.385 20
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m39.980s + 0.394 34
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m40.104s + 0.518 35
6. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m40.132s + 0.546 26
7. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m40.553s + 0.967 34
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m40.951s + 1.365 34
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m41.021s + 1.435 37
10. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m41.490s + 1.904 34
11. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m41.565s + 1.979 34
12. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m41.680s + 2.094 33
13. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m41.947s + 2.361 31
14. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m41.983s + 2.397 34
15. Bruno Senna Renault 1m42.369s + 2.783 36
16. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m42.798s + 3.212 35
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m42.910s + 3.324 34
18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m43.562s + 3.976 36
19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m44.050s + 4.464 38
20. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m44.265s + 4.679 41
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m45.486s + 5.900 34
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m46.142s + 6.556 32
23. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m46.249s + 6.663 21
24. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m46.328s + 6.742 34
